Archive - 15 January 2003

The Selangor menteri besar tries to clear the air on how the Broga incinerator was conceived and explains anew why plans for the Puchong plant fell through.

A possible conflict of interest in the longest-running trial of the country is addressed and resolved.

Legislators from 24 Asia-Pacific countries including the United States agree that no unilateral action should be taken against Iraq without the sanction of the UN.

No-frills AirAsia plans a major fleet expansion after a profitable first year in which it flew 1.1 million passengers, and aims to fly regional routes next year.

Four elected student representatives from Universiti Putra Malaysia who were found guilty of breaching the election campaign code may lose their position.

He suffered injuries to the face and head while his wife and 20-year-old daughter were 'kicked and slapped' in public. Despite lodging four police reports in the past three months, Zulkeffly Noordin's nightmare is far from over.

Naib Presiden Umno, Tan Sri Muhammad Muhd Taib berharap debat umum PAS-Umno pada 16 Feb depan akan dapat menguraikan kekosotan berhubung isu sekolah agama rakyat (SAR).

Federal Court judge Mohtar Abdullah, most remembered as the leading prosecutor in the Anwar trials, has yet to recover from a brain surgery five months ago and is now warded at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital.

Jika perletakan jawatan Datuk Seri Dr Ling Liong Sik sebagai menteri pengangkutan bermatlamat untuk menyelesaikan krisis peralihan kepimpinan MCA sebenarnya tiada jaminan ia akan mereda apatah lagi untuk menyelesaikan krisis dalaman parti itu. LEE BAN CHEN menganalisa kemungkinan ini.

The focus on security in the aftermath of the Sept 11 attacks in the United States has led to perhaps the worst marginalisation of human rights in Asia in decades, says Human Rights Watch in its annual report.

Despite major negative trends, people who care about the global environment and human welfare should not despair, according to the State of the World 2003 report released last Thursday by WorldWatch Institute.

For all the stereotypes about Italian men's sexual perfection, male chauvinism and double standards do not exist in Italian society where religion and state are separate.